You are now less dumb
Subtitle: how to conquer mob mentality, how to buy happiness, and all the other ways to outsmart yourself
By: David McRaney
Publisher: Gotham Books
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9781592408054
Subjects: Defense mechanisms (Psychology); Reason; Perception; Truth; Psychological aspects; Thought and thinking
Description: The popular blogger and author of the best-selling "You Are Not So Smart" shares more discoveries about self-delusion and irrational thinking, analyzing 15 additional ways people routinely fool themselves in areas ranging from attraction and time wasted to best intentions and the true price of happiness.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-309).
Table of contents: title: Self-delusion; title: Narrative bias; title: The common belief fallacy; title: The Benjamin Franklin effect; title: The post hoc fallacy; title: The halo effect; title: Ego depletion; title: The misattribution of arousal; title: The illusion of external agency; title: The backfire effect; title: Pluralistic ignorance; title: The no true Scotsman fallacy; title: The illusion of asymmetric insight; title: Enclothed cognition; title: Deindividuation; title: The sunk cost fallacy; title: The overjustification effect; title: The self-enhancement bias.